Counters arguments of Donald N. McClosky on formalism in the social sciences and claims he fails to identify important arguments that justify the practices he criticizes. Agrees that, although exposing accepted methods to critical examination is useful, this broad attack implies the rejection of good social science as well as bad. (NL)

Refutes Peter Mueser's criticisms of the author's position on formalistic research approaches. Restates that statistical significance is virtually useless. Claims mathematical economists take their intellectual positions from mathematics departments bringing irrelevant intellectual values into economics. (NL)

Barcikowski has provided tables for use in situations where means are to be used as the unit of analysis. This article argues that the conditions specified for use of these tables are not practical. It explicates a methodology for carrying out analyses based on group means. (Author/JAZ)

The purpose of the study was to compare two regression-based approaches for measuring educational effectiveness in Tennessee high schools: the mean residual approach (MR), and a more general linear models (LM) approach. Data were obtained from a sample of 1,011 students who were enrolled in 48 high schools, and who had taken the Comprehensive…